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fences, corrals, and the ordinary furniture and carpentry work of the 

 people are entirely constructed from timber of the native fon ,N 

 While the cost of transportation, except it be along the great rivers 

 precludes the exportation of the native woods, the same rea.o,, ,,.! 

 vents the use in the far interior of the soft woods of other oonntriei 

 Buenos Ayres is, however, advantageously situated in this respect] 

 since it is enabled not only to receive the valuable cabinet woods of 

 the Chaco and Misiones by means of chatas and other river craft, but 

 also, at moderate freights, the pines and spruces of North America 

 The quantity of hard woods which find a market here in Buenos A \ i , s 

 is increasing every year, as the industries of the place find additional 

 use for them. The receipts for 1892, according to the custom-house 

 returns, were as follows : 



Class of woods. 



Hardwood: 



Logs number of pieces.. 



Slabs ,lo 



Sawed do.... 



Cedar square meters . . 



Various cabinet woods do 



Quebracho woods do 



N andubay : 



One-half posts number.. 



Posts do.... 



Quebracho blocks kilograms . . 



Total 



INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN BUENOS AYRES. 



These figures are for a year in which there was unusual depression 

 in the industrial establishments of this city, and I am sure, with the 

 return of the normal condition of business, the figures would double 

 the value. But of course it is not merely the native woods which are 

 worked in this city. The immense shipments of the soft woods from 

 North America contribute materially to the total quantity used by the 

 workers in wood in this vicinity. The latest statistics (1887) in regard 

 to the number of such establishments in Bueuos Ayres are: 



Since the above date, the number of these various establishments has 

 greatly increased, and there are now to be added to them a n 

 boat yards, where all classes of water craft, from whaleboafe 

 sized steamers, are constructed and fitted out. 



